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Known as a featured performer at Forty Deuce Burlesque Club in Hollywood and Las Vegas, Dakota's qualifications in the field of 19th century titillation definitely speak for themselves. This Wednesday, she'll be writhing, shaking and splitting to lu...

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Not sure how this slipped by me for so long, but apparently former Vandals members Jan Nils Ackermann, Worm, Steve "Human" Pfauter and Chalmer Lumary are playing with a drummer named James under the name Anarchy Taco.
The group can't use the na...

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The Black Eyed Peas, whose lovably inane single "Boom Boom Pow" (the latest in a number of lovably inane singles by them) has been on top of the Billboard chats for like 87 weeks in a row, are headlining. Also playing: Flo Rida, Lady GaGa, The "how t...

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We told you this week in the Weekly about Grand Duchy, the latest project from Frank Black, y'know, the frontman for the Pixies (I've heard they're good!). Doug Wallen's article is here, and that show is tonight at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. It's his...

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HB/LB punks TSOL are releasing a new record. Sorta.
Last December, the group went into the studio to record its 16th album, Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads on Hurley Records. The sessions were documented and can be found at the b...

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Each Tuesday in May, Newport Beach's the Jakes will be playing--along with a rotating cast of bands from OC and beyond--at eVocal. And also each week this month, Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of the Jakes (pictured) will be sharing his thoughts on the s...

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Even better: the lineup is headlined by long-running locals Blues Gone South, pictured, from Garden Grove. Their official Web site proclaims they produce "Ass Kickin' blues the way you like it," surely an enticing offer. The bill's rounded out by And...

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Wielding a bag of riffage that encompasses everything from Japanese bands like Guitar Wolf to more domestic products like The Cramps, the Inazuma sound maintains a traditional rebel sound while delivering a deft round-house kick to your face that you...

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The Riverdales, a Ramones-inspired band led by former Screeching Weasel members Ben Foster (Weasel) and Dan Schafer (Danny Vapid), have "dropped" two new songs on its myspace page. The tunes, "Atomic Brain" and "Prince of Space," pick up perfectly wh...

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I'm pretty psyched, the Dandys are definitely in the list of "bands that I dig that I've never gotten to see live before." They're touring behind last year's ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols..., and a new remix EP available on their MySpace or at dandyw...

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Sure, it was not only a Tuesday, but a Cinco de Mayo, so most of the
people that were out and about were probably at a much more typically
festive event than that show. But for such a solid lineup--The
Monolators (pictured in a terrible, terrible iPh...

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I was there for a bit: the Jakes sounded as good as I've ever heard them (and I just saw them four days earlier at Heritage Park in Irvine). The entire venue got a bit of a makeover, as there was a DJ outside between sets, live art and food and drink...

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And sure, I made some jokes about his upcoming appearance at the Wal-Mart in Orange, but it wasn't really about him, it was more the inherent oddity of a relatively recent winner of one of the biggest television competitions in history appearing in t...

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Besides trusted house warm ups by DJs Michi and Rick, there are a couple of solid live bands that will surely make your ears and your upper lip tingle with joy. Santa Ana's The Dig (who we wrote about here ) are performing along with Dying in Digital...

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Green Day's going on tour to promote 21st Century Breakdown, the follow-up to the mega-successful American Idiot. For better or worse, the Bay Area trio (plus the seventeen sidemen they employ) aren't hitting Orange County. The closest the are getti...

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Mae (short for "Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience," apparently; OK, sure) have been doing their pop-punk emo thing since 2001--they haven't had a studio album sine 2007, but they're currently touring behind, in part, their EP (m)orning, which just c...

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Sitting at home bored on Cinco de Mayo? Eschew dubious "traditional" celebrations and head to Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, hosting a rad albeit woefully underpromoted lineup of The Monolators and Parson Redheads (both from LA) and Long Beach's The Flin...

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I wasn't able to attend the first few Long Beach Loops, and now it looks like I won't ever get the chance. Their MySpace hasn't been updated since February 9, last listing information for February's event, headlined by Mike Watt and the Secondmen at ...

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Okay, let's pretend for a second that all you bloggers out there still buy albums (wink, wink). Well, in case you do, there is plenty of great Cinco de Mayo releases today. Number one on my list is Akron/Family's full-length Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Fre...